Look: UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi receives NASA’s gold pin in space

Look: UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi receives NASA’s gold pin in space

Dubai: After spending a month on the International Space Station (ISS), UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi today tweeted images of him receiving the prestigious NASA gold astronaut pin. He shared two images - one of the gold pin presentation ceremony in which NASA SpaceX Crew-6 commander Stephen Bown can be seen attaching the pin on Al Neyadi’s T-shirt bearing the Expedition-68 patch - and a close-up shot of the gold pin. He wrote in the post: “It is a great honour for me to be part of this historic mission, representing my country, the UAE, and to receive NASA’s golden astronaut pin. I will wear this pin as a symbol of the commitment I made when I started on this journey.” NASA lapel pins denote the astronaut corps. Astronauts receive a silver pin on completion of their basic training while they earn the prestigious gold pin by flying into space. From the images, it looks like the gold pin presentation ceremony took place before the Crew-6 became part of the Expedition-6, which officially began last week following Tuesday’s undocking of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft in which SpaceX Crew-5 had launched into the ISS. Meanwhile, NASA said Al Neyadi began this